Legal Opinion
Southern Railway Company v. Carl Talmadge Lanham
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1969No. 25148_1PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises out of a contempt citation and $2,000 fine levied against Appellant Southern Railway Company for refusing to comply with the district court’s order requiring it to produce certain documents under Rule 34 of the Fed eral Rules of Civil Procedure. Appellees, plaintiffs below, instituted this suit, alleging negligent homicide of three members of their family who were fatally injured when the car in which they were riding collided with one of Southern’s trains on May 4, 1965. Southern’s Claim Department conducted its own investigation of the accident…
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